Parallel & Series
Circuit Lab
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Build the test circuit.
Build the series
circuit & fill out the
table.
Build the Parallel
circuit & fill out the
table.
Switch 1
Switch 2
Lamp 1
Lamp 2
Lamp 1
Switch 2
Switch 1
Lamp 2
Switc
h1
Switc
h2
Off
Lamp
1
Lamp
2
Switc
h1
Switc
h2
Off
Off
Off
On
Off
On
Off
Off
On
Off
On
On
On
On
On
Lamp
1
Lamp
2
Switch 1
Switch 2
Lamp 1
Lamp 2
Cardboard tube
‘
El Motor
Wood shtick
Wire ends (stripped)
Foil (glued onto bottom half of stick)
Wire coil (covered with glue)
‘
El Motor
Cardboard
Magnets
Foil (through bottom of holes)
Vibration/Wave
mechanical oscillations about an equilibrium point.
Earthquake
Sound
Trampoline
Pendulum
Spring (car)
guitar string
Ocean
Wave
a disturbance that propagates through space and time,
usually with transferrance of energy.
Potential
Wave
Vibration
Electricity
filament
D.C.
Electricity
Direct Current
A.C.
Alternating Current
Electricity - electrons moving through a
metal wire.
Atomic Absorption
Atomic Emission
Magic is technology that is
not understood.
A television is an Electron Gun
Generating an Electric Field
with dc voltage
+
-
+ 9V
Generating an Electric Field
dc voltage
e-1
e-1
e-1
e-1
e-1
e-1
+
-
e-1
e-1
+ 9V
Static electricity
Static Electricity
when a material
has an excess or
a lack of
electrons.
A Capacitor holds a charge
on its plates.
Conductor
Something that allows
thermal energy to pass easily
Metal
Water
semi-Conductor
Insulator
Something that does
NOT allow
thermal energy
to pass easily
Electrical Energy - is energy
resulting from the force
between two objects having
different voltages.
Electrical Energy - is the
force of moving electrons.
Electrical Energy
Voltage
Current
Resistance
Thermocouple
(copper & nickel or
copper & iron)
Circuits
Series Parallel
Circuit Board
Integrated circuit
Static electricity
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Static electricity
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Electricity filament
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Jacob (Cowboy) Israel
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